New car | Equipped with "Raptor" style front grille, Ford Transit new model exposed, 4WD + "rear lock"

Text: Understand Chedi original Gao Shuaipeng

[Understand Chedi’s original product] Although Transit is positioned as a light passenger model in China, in the overseas market, Ford is still equipped with a four-wheel drive system or even a rear difference Speed ​​lock, this car is the Transit Trail. A few days ago, the car's patent picture appeared on the website of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The front grille with letters similar to the F-150 raptor " " style gave this light passenger a hard-line temperament. Of course, this also means that this car is expected to enter the North American market from Europe in the future.

new car features:

FORD letter front grille is the main appearance feature of Transit Trail

The front grille design is similar to the F-150 raptor "Raptor" style

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img The rear adopts blind window design

The patented model declared in the United States this time is basically the same as the Transit Trail currently sold in the European market. The front grille with FORD letters on the front face is the main appearance feature of the car. At the same time, the rear of the car is designed with blind windows, which will give the car the attributes of a van.

European version of Transit Trail uses many black engineering plastic exterior decoration parts

The rear blind window design obviously makes it have the attributes of a van

Ford Officially positioned the Transit Trail as a model "Can drive on rough roads" models, so the car can be equipped with a set of four-wheel drive system, even including rear axle differential lock and re-adjusted traction control system. However, such hardware equipment is not the off-road attribute generally recognized, but only improves the ability to adapt to complex road conditions. Of course, the car's configuration is upgraded with leather-wrapped seats, heated windshield, automatic headlights and electric folding exterior mirrors.

Transit Trail has a three-seat layout in the front row

Refer to the European version of the model, Transit Trail is equipped with a 2.0T diesel engine with a maximum power of 275 horsepower and a peak torque of 355 Nm. However, in the North American market, the ordinary Transit is equipped with a 3.5-liter V6 or 3.5T V6 engine with maximum power of 205 kW and 231 kW, respectively, and peak torque of 355 N·m and 542 N·m.

Intergenerational relationship/competitors/market environment:

The fourth-generation overseas version of Transit

Although Transit is a familiar model in the domestic commercial vehicle market, this "transit" "Trail" and its regular version have not yet been introduced into the country. Strictly speaking, the car is the fourth-generation model of the Transit series, jointly developed by Ford in Europe and Ford in North America. However, there is news that Jiangling Ford intends to introduce this car into the country, but it has not yet been officially confirmed.

The picture is the previously exposed Iveco NJ2056 declaration

From the perspective of the domestic market, the four-wheel drive light passenger segment has not yet formed. At present, only Nanjing Iveco launched Ouba (NJ2045/NJ2056). For some models, if the four-wheel drive version of the "Transit Trail" can be introduced into the country in the future, it will undoubtedly provide a new choice for areas with poor road conditions or the camping car market.

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